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Webster 1913 Edition


Dracaena

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Dra-cæ′na

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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] she-dragon.]
(Bot.)
A genus of liliaceous plants with woody stems and funnel-shaped flowers.
☞ Dracæna Draco, the source of the dragon’s blood of the Canaries, forms a tree, sometimes of gigantic size.